Really cool analysis of a pitched baseball, and what makes his pitch so special. I was lucky enough to go to a game at Yankee Stadium a few weeks ago, it was "Mariano Rivera Day", and as luck would have it he had to come out and make one of his signature saves.

I've never tried to throw it, but it looks like you're throwing a football and you create an illusion of a pitch that's going down while it's actually rising.

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07-01-2010, 01:02 AM

SanAntonioSteelerFan

Re: Mariano Rivera's Fastball - awesome analysis

[quote=flippy]The pitch I find fascinating is Dice-K's gyroball.

I've never tried to throw it, but it looks like you're throwing a football and you create an illusion of[size=7] [color=#00FF00]a pitch that's going down while it's actually rising.
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That actually was pretty interesting, though I guess it hasn't been proven to not be a hoax yet?

OK, here's a joke, based on the part of your post in green:
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"How is a Gyro ball like a Milledgeville coed?"[/color]

Oh, whoops, I read your post wrong, I see now that was "pitch" with a "P" ...

:lol:

07-01-2010, 07:58 AM

flippy

Re: Mariano Rivera's Fastball - awesome analysis

:lol

The only thing that may be a hoax is some think it just looks like a screwball.

But just like Mariano, Dice-K's pitch is a bit of an illusion and looks like it should be going somewhere different than it does.